Federal judge strikes down tax-free housing for clergy
A federal judge in Wisconsin has struck down as unconstitutional a law that gives clergy tax-free housing allowances.
US Supreme Court town prayer ruling divides justices, bar
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing prayers to be delivered before public town meetings divided the justices in two ways: in the result and in the standard that applies in determining whether public prayers violate the Establishment Clause.
US justices hear town meeting prayer case
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court faced the task of drawing a line between permissible religious addresses by private citizens at public meetings and unconstitutional government-sanctioned prayer during Wednesday’s oral arguments in Town of Greece v. Galloway, No. 12-696.
US Supreme Court takes up constitutionality of town meeting prayer
In a case that could have repercussions from a small upstate New York town to the legislative floor of Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether prayers at open public meetings violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
Constitutional Law — establishment clause — high school graduation
10-2922 Doe v. Elmbrook School District
Constitutional Law — Establishment Clause — taxpayer standing
11-1566 Sherman v. State of Illinois
Supreme Court avoids dispute over highway crosses
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it would not hear an appeal of a ruling that 12-foot-high crosses along Utah highways in honor of dead state troopers violate the Constitution.
THE DARK SIDE: Religion has no place in public schools
Many years ago, I attended a public high school student’s graduation ceremony out in what I consider the sticks.
Constitutional Law – Establishment Clause – graduation ceremonies
10-2922 Doe v. Elmbrook School District
10-1973 Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., v. Obama
Constitutional Law Establishment Clause; standing Citizens lack standing to challenge 36 U.S.C. 119, establishing the National Day of Prayer. “Section 119 imposes duties on the President alone. It does not require any private person to do anything—or for that matter to take any action in response to whatever the President proclaims. If anyone suffers injury, […]
National Day of Prayer upheld
A Madison-based organization opposed to religion lacks standing to challenge the National Day of Prayer.
09-987 & 09-991 Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn
United States Supreme Court Constitutional Law Establishment Clause; standing Taxpayers lack standing to challenge a tax credit for parochial schools. Respondents’ suit does not fall within the narrow exception to the rule against taxpayer standing established in Flast v. Cohen, supra. There, federal taxpayers had standing to mount an Establishment Clause challenge to a federal […]
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